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Premiere nerve for both teams and extremely slow start for Finland. Italy owns the game. A fair result would perhaps have been 1-0 to Italy. They somewhat lacked the needed routine though. The result is probably an advantage for Sweden (as we will win over Denmark tonight ).

- 1 - 1 for a great game
This is still somewhat a Danish victory with 2 missed Swedish penalties (!)

The new Swedish coach Pia Sundhage (former US coach) brought a more flexible and movable Swedish playing (my reflection). The usual endless middle field battles were avoided in this match and it was really exciting to the last second.

A lame passive Norway against a mostly static Iceland that only momentarily bursted out in energy. Iceland to take a valuable point though.

Germany - The Netherlands 0 - 0

Another draw with a by injuries crippled Germany against advancing Holland. A fast great game with lots of mistakes from both teams. To me it looked like Germany often tried too complicated moves rather than going for a goal.

Emerging hot underdog Spain beat a rather slow careless England with a goal in the last minute of the 3 minutes overtime. Triumph for the criminally underrated Spanish ladies and a catastrophe for the English. England now has to beat Russia (likely) and at least play a draw against France (how on earth?) to have a chance to advance to the next level.